Spanish Autonomous Communities

Party abbreviations: CDA = Convergència Democràtica Aranesa - Partit Nacionalista Aranès (Democratic Convergence of Arran, Aranès division of CDC); CDC = Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya (Democratic Convergence of Catalonia, Catalan nationalist coalition, liberal- conservative); CDS = Centro Democrático y Socialia (Social and Democratic Center);
CiU = Convergència i Unión (Convergence and Union, coalition of CDC and UDC); CPM = Coalición por Melilla (Coalition for Melilla); EAJ-PNV = Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea/Partido Nacionalista Vasco (Basque Nationalist Party, right-moderate, separatist); ERC = Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (Republican Left of Catalonia); GIL = Grupo Independiente Liberal (Liberal Independent Group); PAR = Partido Aragonés Regionalista (Aragonese Regionalist Party);
PFC = Progreso y Futuro de Ceuta (Ceuta Progress and Future); PP = Partido Popular (People's Party, conservative to 1989 AP);  PRC = Partido Regionalista de Cantabria (Regionalist Party of Cantabria); PSE-PSOE = Partido Socialista de Euskad-PSOE (Basque Socialist Party-PSOE, social-democratic, Basque regional PSOE); PSC-PSOE = Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya-PSOE (Socialist Party of Catalonia-PSOE, social- democratic, Catalonia regional PSOE); PSdeG-PSOE = Partido Socialista de Galicia-PSOE (Socialist Party of Galicia-PSOE, social-democratic, Galician regional PSOE); PSOE = Partido Socialista Obrero Español (Socialist Worker's Party of Spain, social-democratic); PSPC = Partido Socialista del Pueblo de Ceuta (City of Ceuta Socialist Party, Ceuta, social-democratic, est.1985); UA = Unitat d'Aran (Arran Union); UCD = Unión Democràtica de Catalunya (Democratic Union of Catalonia); UDA = Unió Democràtica Aranesa (Aranese Democratic Union, Aran Valley regionalist); UPCA = Unión para el Progresso de Cantabria (Union of the Progress of Cantabria); UPM = Unión del Pueblo Melillense (United City of Melilla); UPN = Unión del Puebla Navarro (United People of Navarre); Mil = Military;
- Former parties: AP = Alianza Popular (Popular Alliance, conservative, from 1989 PP); 
LR = Lliga Regionalista (Regionalist League); UCD = Unión Centro Democrático (Union of the Democratic Center); UP = Unión Patriótica (Patriotic Union)

11 Jan 1982                Autonomous Community of Andalucia.

Presidents of the Junta
27 May 1978 -  2 Jun 1979  Plácido Fernández Viagas          (b. 1924 - d. 1983)  PSOE
 2 Jun 1979 -  7 May 1984  Rafael Escuredo Rodríguez         (b. 1944)            PSOE
 7 May 1984 - 27 Jul 1990  José Rodríguez de la Borbolla     (b. 1947)            PSOE
                             y Camoyán 
27 Jul 1990 -              Manuel María Cháves González      (b. 1945)            PSOE

16 Aug 1982                Autonomous Community of Aragón.

Presidents of the Diputación General
 9 Apr 1978 -  9 May 1981  Juan Antonio Bolea Foradada       (b. 1930)            UCD
 9 May 1981 - 26 Nov 1982  Gaspar Castellano y de Gastón     (b. 1928)            UCD
26 Nov 1982 - 29 Dec 1982  José María Hernández de la Torre  (b. 1940)            UCD
                             (acting)
29 Dec 1982 -  6 Jun 1983  Juan Antonio de Andrés Rodríguez  (b. 1942)            UCD
 6 Jun 1983 -  3 Aug 1987  Santiago Marraco Solana           (b. 1938)            PSOE
 3 Aug 1987 - 12 Jul 1991  Hipólito Gómez de las Roces       (b. 1932)            PAR
12 Jul 1991 - 17 Sep 1993  Emilio Eiroa García               (b. 1935)            PAR
17 Sep 1993 - 18 Jan 1995  José Marco Berges                 (b. 1950)            PSOE
18 Jan 1995 - 11 Jul 1995  Ramón Tejedor Sanz (acting)       (b. 1955)            PSOE
11 Jul 1995 -  2 Aug 1999  Santiago Lanzuela Marina          (b. 1948)            PP
 2 Aug 1999 -              Marcelino Iglesias Ricou          (b. 1951)            PSOE

Hear Local Anthem "Asturias, patria querida"  (Asturias, my dear  Motherland)

Text of Anthem Adopted Jan 1984

11 Jan 1982                Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias.

President of the Regional Council
1978 - 30 Dec 1981         Rafael Luis Fernández Álvarez     (b. 1913)            PSOE
Presidents of the Government
30 Dec 1981 - 1983         Rafael Luis Fernández Álvarez     (s.a.)               PSOE
Jun 1983 - 1991            Pedro de Silva Cienfuegos-        (b. 1945)            PSOE
                             Jovellanos
1991 - 1993                Juan Luis Rodríguez-Vigil Rubio   (b. 1945)            PSOE
1993 - 14 Jul 1995         Antonio Ramón Trevín Lombán       (b. 1956)            PSOE
14 Jul 1995 - 20 Jul 1999  Sergio Marqués Fernández          (b. 1946)            PP
20 Jul 1999 -              Vicente Álvarez Areces            (b. 1943)            PSOE

1936 - 1939                Mallorca, Ibiza, Formentera loyal to Nationalist forces; but
                             Menorca only surrenders to Nationalists on 9 Feb 1939.
 1 Mar 1983                Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands (Illes Baleares).

Presidents of the General Inter-Island Council
1978 - 1982                Jeroni Albertí Picornell          (b. 1927)            UCD 
1982 - 1983                Francesc Tutzó Bennàsar           (b. 1940)            UCD
Presidents of the Government
Jun 1983 -  2 Aug 1995     Gabriel Cañellas Fons             (b. 1941)            AP/PP
 2 Aug 1995 - 18 Jun 1996  Cristòfor Soler i Cladera         (b. 1956)            PP
18 Jun 1996 - 27 Jul 1999  Jaume Matas Palou (1st time)      (b. 1956)            PP
27 Jul 1999 - 27 Jun 2003  Francesc Antich i Oliver          (b. 1958)            PSOE
                             (1st time)
27 Jun 2003 -              Jaume Matas Palou (2nd time)      (s.a.)               PP
 6 Jul 2007 -              Francesc Antich i Oliver          (s.a.)               PSOE
                             (2nd time)          

                 8 Oct 1936 - 23 Aug  1937;

                 Re-adopted 18 Dec 1978

 5 Oct 1936                Autonomous Region of Basque Country (only in Bizkaia [Vizcaya]
                             and Gipuzkoa [Guipúzcoa] provinces; Araba-Álava occupied
                             by Franco's forces).
19 Jun 1937                Bilbao falls to the nationalists.
23 Aug 1937                Autonomy ended with conquest of the region by Franco's army.
22 Dec 1979                Autonomous Community of Basque Country (País Vasco/Euskadi);
                             Bizkaia (Vizcaya), Gipuzkoa (Guipúzcoa), and Araba-Álava 
                             provinces.

Lehendakari (President of the Government)
 8 Oct 1936 - Sep 1937     José Antonio de Aguirre y Lecube  (b. 1904 - d. 1960)  EAJ-PNV
Presidents of the General Council
17 Feb 1978  (hours)       Juan de Ajuriaguerra Ochandiano   (b. 1903 - d. 1978)  PSE-PSOE
                             (provisional)
17 Feb 1978 - 1979         Ramon Rubial Cavia                (b. 1906 - d. 1999)  PSE-PSOE
16 Jun 1979 -  9 Apr 1980  Carlos Garaikoetxea Urriza        (b. 1938)            EAJ-PNV
Lehendakaris (Presidents of the Government)
10 Apr 1980 - 24 Jan 1985  Carlos Garaikoetxea Urriza        (s.a.)               EAJ-PNV
24 Jan 1985 -  2 Jan 1999  José Antonio Ardanza Garro        (b. 1941)            EAJ-PNV
 2 Jan 1999 -              Juan José Ibarretxe Markuatu      (b. 1957)            EAJ-PNV

Basque Government in Exile

Lehendakaris (Presidents of the Government)
23 Aug 1937 - 22 Mar 1960  Antonio de Aguirre y Lecube       (s.a.)               EAJ-PNV
                             (to 4 Feb 1939 in Catalonia; 4 Feb 1939-8 May 1940 Paris, 
                              France; in Germany Dec 1940-23 May 1941; Goteborg, Sweden 
                              23 May - 31 Jul 1941; 27 Aug 1941-8 Oct 1941 in
                              Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Oct 1941 Buenos Aires; 
                              6 Nov 1941-45 in New York; from 1945 in Paris, France)
28 Mar 1960 - 22 Dec 1979  Jesús María de Leizaola Sánchez   (b. 1896 - d. 1989)  EAJ-PNV
                             (in France exile)

Presidents of the Council of Government
14 Apr 1982 - Apr 1984     José Antonio Rodríguez Martínez                        Non-party
Apr 1984 - 1987            Ángel Díaz de Entresotos Mier                          AP
1987 - Dec 1990            Juan Hormaechea Cazón (1st time)  (b. 1939)            Non-party
Dec 1990 - 1991            Jaime Blanco García               (b. 1944)            PSOE
1991 - 14 Jul 1995         Juan Hormaechea Cazón (2nd time)  (s.a.)               UPCA
14 Jul 1995 -  2 Jul 2003  José Joaquín Martínez Sieso       (b. 1956)            PP

16 Aug 1982                Autonomous Community of Castilla-La Mancha (Castille-La Mancha)

Presidents of the Junta
29 Nov 1978 - Feb 1982     Antonio Fernández-Galiano          (b. 1926 - d. 1999)  UCD
Feb 1982 - Dec 1982        Gonzalo Payo Subiza                (b. 1931 - d. 2002)  UCD
22 Dec 1982 - May 1983     Jesús Fuentes Lázaro               (b. 1946)            PSOE
 6 Jun 1983 - 17 Apr 2004  José Bono Martínez                 (b. 1950)            PSOE
17 Apr 2004 -              José María Barreda Fontes          (b. 1953)            PSOE
                             (acting to 30 Apr 2004)

 2 Mar 1983                Autonomous Community of Castilla y León (Castille and Leon).

Presidents of the General Council
22 Jul 1978 - 12 Jul 1980  Juan Manuel Reol Tejada           (b. 1933)            UCD
12 Jul 1980 - 25 May 1983  José Manuel García-Verdugo Candón (b. 1935)            UCD
Presidents of the Junta
25 May 1983 - 18 Nov 1986  Demetrio Madrid López             (b. 1936)            PSOE
18 Nov 1986 - 27 Jul 1987  José Constantino Nalda García     (b. 1939)            PSOE
27 Jul 1987 - 16 Sep 1989  José María Aznar                  (b. 1953)            AP
16 Sep 1989 -  5 Jul 1991  Jesús María Posada Moreno         (b. 1945)            PP
 5 Jul 1991 - 28 Feb 2001  Juan José Lucas Giménez           (b. 1944)            PP
15 Mar 2001 -              Juan Vicente Herrera Campo        (b. 1956)            PP

    1931 - 1939; Re-adopted 18 Dec 1979

878                        County of Barcelona (independent from 987).
1137                       Kingdom of Catalonia and Aragón.
1359                       Generalitat established.
19 Jan 1479                Castille and Aragón united (from 1556 Spanish monarchy).
 7 Sep 1640 - 13 Oct 1652  República Catalana Lliure declared by the Generalitat under
                             the protection of King Louis XIII of France, who 
                             on 23 Jan 1641, is proclaimed Prince of Catalonia.
 7 Nov 1659                France formally recognizes Spanish rule of Catalonia by Treaty 
                             of the Pyrenees.
20 Jun 1705 - 11 Sep 1714  Carlos III of Austria (b. 1685 – d. 1740) is recognized 
                             as King by the Generalitat in opposition to Felipe V.
11 Sep 1714                Generalitat is abolished.
28 Feb 1808 -  1 Dec 1813  Occupied by France (in Barcelona to 28 May 1814).
 8 Feb 1810                Napoléon annexes Catalonia to France.
26 Jan 1812                Division into départements of Bouches-de-l'Èbre, 
                             Montserrat, Sègre, and Ter (effective 2 Feb 1812).
 7 Mar 1813                Bouches-de-l'Èbre and Montserrat merged into Bouches-de-
                             l'Èbre-Montserrat; Sègre and Ter merged into Sègre-Ter.
 1 Dec 1813                Catalonia returned to Spain (Gerona retaken 10 Mar 1814).
26 Mar 1914                Association of Provinces of Catalonia
20 Mar 1925                Mancomunitat dissolved by Spanish military government.
14 Apr 1931                Unilateral proclamation of "Catalan Republic within the
                             Federation of Iberian Republics."
16 Apr 1931                Union of Provinces of Catalonia
25 Sep 1932                Catalan Autonomous Region
 6 Oct 1934                Unilateral proclamation of "Catalan Republic within the
                             Spanish Federal Republic."
 7 Oct 1934                Suspension of autonomy.
 1 Mar 1936                Autonomy restored.
 5 Apr 1938                Autonomy revoked by Franco's government.
29 Sep 1977                Generalitat restored. 
22 Dec 1979                Autonomous Community of Catalonia.

Presidents of the Generalitat
1638 - 27 Feb 1641         Pau Claris i Casademunt             (d. 1641)
1641                       Josep Soler
1641 - 1644                Bernat de Cardona i de Raset
1644 - 1647                Gispert d'Amat i Desbosc de Sant
                             Vicenç
1647 - 1650                Andreu Pont
1650 - 1654                Pau del Rosso
1654 - 1656                Francesc Pijoan
1656 - 1659                Joan Jeroni Besora
1659 - 1662                Pau d'Áger
1662 - 1665                Jaume de Copons i de Tamarit
1665 - 1668                Josep de Magarola i de Grau
1668 - 1671                Joan Pagès i Vallgornera
1671 - 1674                Josep de Camporrells i de Sabater
1674 - 1677                Esteve Mercadal i Dou
1677 - 1680                Alfonso de Sotomayor,
                             bisbe de Barcelona
1680 - 1683                Josep Sastre i Prats
1683 - 1686                Baltasar de Muntaner i de Sacosta
1686 - 1689                Antoni de Saiol i de Quarteroni
1689 - 1692                Benet Ignasi de Salazar,
                             bisbe de Barcelona
1692 - 1695                Antoni de Planella i de Cruïlles
                             (1st time)
1695 - 1698                Rafael de Pinyana i Galvany
1698 - 1701                Climent de Solanell i de Foix
1701                       Josep Antoni Valls i Pandutxo
1701 - 1704                Antoni de Planella i de Cruïlles
                             (2nd time)
1704 - 1705                Francesc Valls i Freixa
1706 - 1707                Josep Grau
1707 - 1710                Manel de Copons i d'Esquerrer
1710 - 1713                Francesc Antoni de Solanell i de
                             Montellà
1713 - 11 Sep 1714         Josep de Vilamala
Governor
1808 - Feb 1810            Guillaume Philibert Duhesme        (b. 1766 - d. 1815)
Governors-general
 8 Feb 1810 - 28 May 1810  Pierre François Charles Augereau,  (b. 1757 - d. 1816)
                             duque du Castiglione
May 1810 - Oct 1811        Jacques Étienne Joseph Macdonald,  (b. 1765 - d. 1840)
                             duque du Taranto
30 Oct 1811 - 15 Nov 1813  Charles Decaen                     (b. 1769 - d. 1832)
15 Nov 1813 -  1 Dec 1813  Louis Gabriel Suchet,              (b. 1770 - d. 1826)
                             duque du Albufera (acting)
Governor of Barcelona
 1 Dec 1813 - 28 May 1814  Pierre-Joseph Habert               (b. 1773 - d. 1825)
Intendant of Haute-Catalogne
 1 Apr 1812 -  7 May 1813  Marie Joseph de Gérando            (b. 1772 - d. 1842)
Prefects of Ter (from 7 Mar 1813 Sègre-Ter)
 2 Feb 1812 -  8 Feb 1814  Prudence Guillaume de Roujoux de   (b. 1779 - d. 1836)
                             Buxeuil
Prefect of Sègre
 2 Feb 1812 -  7 Mar 1813  Jean Louis Rieul de Viefville des  (b. 1781 - d. 1837)
                             Essarts
Intendant of Basse-Catalogne
15 Apr 1812 -  8 Feb 1814  Bernard François, baron Chauvelin  (b. 1766 - d. 1832)
 7 Mar 1813 - 10 Mar 1814  Louis Gabriel Suchet,              (s.a.)
                             duque du Albufera (military governor)
Prefect of Montserrat
 2 Feb 1812 -  7 Mar 1813  Achille Libéral, comte Treilhard   (b. 1785 - d. 1855)
Prefects of Bouches-de-l'Ebre (from 7 Mar 1813 Bouches-de-l'Èbre-Montserrat)
 2 Feb 1812 - 15 Mar 1813  Jean Paul Alban de Villeneuve-     (b. 1784 - d. 1850)
                             Bargemon
15 Mar 1813 - 10 Mar 1814  Vacant
Presidents of the Mancomunitat
 6 Apr 1914 -  1 Aug 1917  Enric Prat de la Riba i Sarrà      (b. 1870 - d. 1917)  LR
29 Nov 1917 - 30 Jan 1924  Josep Puig i Cadafalch             (b. 1867 - d. 1956)  LR
24 Dec 1923 - 30 Jan 1924  Jaume Estapé i Pagès
                             (acting for Puig)
30 Jan 1924 - 20 Mar 1925  Alfons Sala i Argemí, comte        (b. 1843 - d. 1945)  UP
                             d'Egara 
Provisional President of the Government
14 Apr 1931 - 16 Apr 1931  Francesc Macià i Llussà            (b. 1859 - d. 1933)  ERC
Presidents of the Generalitat
16 Apr 1931 - 25 Dec 1933  Francesc Macià i Llussà            (s.a.)               ERC
                             (acting to 14 Dec 1932)
25 Dec 1933 -  1 Jan 1934  Joan Casanovas i Maristany         (b. 1890 - d. 1942)  ERC
                             (acting)
 1 Jan 1934 -  7 Oct 1934  Lluís Companys Jover (1st time)    (b. 1882 - d. 1940)  ERC
 7 Oct 1934 - 10 Jan 1935  Francisco Giménez Arenas (acting)
Governors-general
10 Jan 1935 -  9 Apr 1935  Manuel Portela Valladares          (b. 1868 - d. 1952)
 9 Apr 1935 - 28 Oct 1935  Joan Pich i Pon (acting to ....)   (b. 1878 - d. 1937)
28 Oct 1935 - 27 Nov 1935  Eduardo Alonso y Alonso (acting)
27 Nov 1935 - 16 Dec 1935  Ignasi Villalonga Villalba         (b. 1895 - d. 1973)
16 Dec 1935 - 18 Dec 1935  Joan Maluquer Viladot (acting)     (b. 1856 - d. 1940)
18 Dec 1935 - 17 Feb 1936  Felix Escalas Chamení              (b. 1880 - d. 1972)
17 Feb 1936 -  4 Mar 1936  Joan Moles Ormella                 (b. 1871 - d. 1945)
Presidents of the Generalitat
 4 Mar 1936 -  9 Feb 1939  Lluís Companys Jover (2nd time)    (s.a.)               ERC
                            (from 29 Mar 1938 in Republican Zone only)
 9 Feb 1939 - 27 Oct 1977  Post abolished
27 Oct 1977 -  8 May 1980  Josep Tarradellas i Joan           (b. 1899 - d. 1988)  ERC
                             (provisional)
 8 May 1980 - 20 Dec 2003  Jordi Pujol i Soley                (b. 1930)            CiU
20 Dec 2003 - 28 Nov 2006  Pasqual Maragall i Mira            (b. 1941)            PSC-PSOE
28 Nov 2006 -              José Montilla Aguilera             (b. 1955)            PSC-PSOE

Presidents of the Executive Council (Prime Councillors)
19 Dec 1932 - 26 Jan 1933  Joan Lluhí i Vallescà              (b. 1897 - d. 1944)  ERC
26 Jan 1933 -  4 Oct 1933  Carles Pi i Sunyer                 (b. 1888 - d. 1971)  ERC
 4 Oct 1933 -  1 Jan 1934  Miquel Santaló i Parvorell         (b. 1888 - d. 1962)  ERC
29 Jul 1936 - 26 Sep 1936  Joan Casanovas i Maristany         (s.a.)               ERC
26 Sep 1936 -  5 May 1937  Josep Tarradellas i Joan (1st time)(s.a.)               ERC
18 Jan 2001 - 22 Dec 2003  Artur Mas i Gavarró                (b. 1956)            CDC
22 Dec 2003 - 27 Jan 2004  Josep Lluís Carod-Rovira           (b. 1952)            ERC
23 Feb 2004 - 15 May 2006  Josep Bargalló Valls               (b. 1958)            ERC
 

Catalan Government in Exile

Presidents of the Generalitat
 9 Feb 1939 - 15 Oct 1940  Lluís Companys Jover (2nd time)    (s.a.)               ERC
                             (in France exile to Sep 1940, then a Spanish prisoner)
15 Oct 1940 -  7 May 1954  Josep Irla i Bosch (acting)        (b. 1874 - d. 1958)  ERC
                             (in Mexico, after 1945 in France exile)
 7 May 1954 - 27 Oct 1977  Josep Tarradellas i Joan           (b. 1899 - d. 1988)  ERC
                             (acting to 5 Aug 1954)
                             (in France exile)

Presidents of the Executive Council (Prime Councillors)
13 May 1940 - 15 Oct 1940  Josep Pous i Pagès                 (b. 1873 - d. 1952)
1952 -  5 Aug 1954         Josep Tarradellas i Joan (2nd time)(s.a.)               ERC
                             (in France exile)

 ¹Between 1936 and 1937 Josep Tarradellas carried out, by delegation of Companys, his executive functions. 

Aran Valley (Val d'Arán)

                Adopted 2 Jan 1998

13 Jul 1990                Val d'Arán made an autonomous comarca (county)
                             within Catalonia (effective 17 Jun 1991).

Syndics (Síndic/Síndica)
17 Jun 1991 -  8 Jul 1993  Maria Pilar Busquets i Medan (f)                        CDA-CiU
 8 Jul 1993 -  7 Jun 1995  Amparo Serrano Iglesias (f)                             UDA
 7 Jun 1995 - 18 Jun 2007  Carlos Barrera Sánchez             (b. 1950)            CDA-CiU
18 Jun 2007 -              Francesc "Paco" Xavier Boya i Alós (b. 1960)            UA-PSC

618 - 711                  Part of the Kingdom of Visigoths.
1309 - 1310                Occupied by Jaime II of Aragón.
21 Aug 1415                Ceuta a Portuguese possession.
18 Jul 1580                Ceuta along with Portugal a Spanish possession.
 1 Dec 1640                Remains Spanish after independence of Portugal.
 1 Jan 1668                Recognized by Portugal as Spanish territory in
                             the Treaty of Lisbon.
 1 Jan 1668                Isla Perejil a Spanish possession.
1694 - 1724                Under siege by Morocco.
1725 - 1728                Under siege by Morocco.
1790 - 1791                Under siege by Morocco.
1808 - 1813                Remains loyal to deposed Bourbón King Fernando VII.
1810 - 30 May 1814         Occupied by Britain, but Spanish administration continues.
18 Dec 1847                Ceuta, Melilla, Vélez de la Gomera, and Peñón de Alhucemas united 
                             as Spanish Captaincy-general of North Africa
                            (Capitanía General de las Posesiones de África).
27 Nov 1912                Ceuta becomes a commandáncia of Spanish Morocco (see Morocco).
 7 Apr 1956                Ceuta a presidio of Spain (part of Cádiz province).
14 Mar 1995                Autonomous City of Ceuta.

Captains-general
1415 - 1430                Pedro de Meneses, 
                             conde de Viana (1st time)
1430 - 1434                Duarte de Meneses, 
                             conde de Viana (1st time)
1434 - 1437                Pedro de Meneses, 
                             conde de Viana (2nd time)
1437 - 1438                Duarte de Meneses,
                             conde de Viana (2nd time)
1438 - 1445                Fernão de Noronha, 
                             conde de Vila Real
1445 - 1447                António Pacheco
1447 - 1450                Fernão de Bragança, 
                             duque de Bragança
1450 - 1460                Sancho de Noronha, 
                             conde de Odemira
1461 - 1464                Pedro de Meneses, 
                             conde de Vila Real
1464 - 1479                João Rodrigues de Vasconcelos
                             Ribeiro
1479 - 1481                Rui Mendes de Vasconcelos
                             Ribeiro
1481 - 1487                João de Noronha (1st time)
1487 - 1491                António de Noronha, 
                             conde de Linhares
1491 - 1509                Fernão de Meneses, 
                             conde de Alcoutim
1509 - 1512                Pedro Barbo Alardo
1512 - 1517                Pedro de Meneses, 
                             conde de Alcoutim (1st time)
1518 - 1519                João da Silva, conde de Portalegre
1519 - 1521                Gomes da Silva de Vasconcelos
                             (1st time)
1522 - 1524                João de Noronha (2nd time)
1524 - 1525                Pedro de Meneses, 
                             conde de Alcoutim (2nd time)
1525 - 1529                Gomes da Silva de Vasconcelos
                             (2nd time)
1529 - 1539                Nunho Álvares Pereira de Noronha    (b. c.1490 - d. 15..)
1540 - 1549                Afonso de Noronha
1549                       Antão de Noronha
1549 - 1550                Martim Correia da Silva (1st time)
1550 - 1553                Pedro de Meneses
1553                       Pedro da Cunha (1st time)
1553                       João Rodriges Pereira
1553 - 1555                Martim Correia da Silva (2nd time)
1555 - 1557                Jorge Vieira
1557 - 1562                Fernão de Meneses (1st time)
1562 - 1563                Miguel de Meneses, 
                             conde de Vila Real
1563 - 1564                Fernão de Meneses (2nd time)
1564 - 1565                Pedro da Cunha (2nd time)
1566 - 1567                Francisco Pereira
1567 - 1574                Manuel de Meneses e Noronha,
                             duque de Vila Real (1st time)
1574 - 1577                Diogo Lopes da França
1577 - 1578                Manuel de Meneses e Noronha,
                             duque de Vila Real (2nd time)
1578 - 1580                Dionísio Pereira
1580 - 1586                Jorge Pessanha
1586 - 1591                Gil Annes da Costa
1591 - 1592                Francisco de Andrade
1592 - 1594                Miguel de Meneses, 
                             duque de Caminha (1st time)
1594 - 1597                Mendo de Ledesma
1597 - 1601                Miguel de Meneses, 
                             duque de Caminha (2nd time)
1602 - 1605                Afonso de Noronha
1605 - 1616                Miguel de Meneses,
                             duque de Caminha (3rd time)
1616 - 1622                Luís de Noronha e Meneses, 
                             conde de Vila Real
1623                       Miguel de Meneses, 
                             duque de Caminha (4th time)
1623 - 1624                António da Costa Albuquerque
1624 - 1625                Fernando de Mascarenhas, conde     (b. c.1610 - d. 1651)
                             de Torre 
1625                       Gonçalo Correia Alcoforado
1625 - 1626                Miguel de Meneses, 
                             duque de Caminha (5th time)
1627                       Dinís de Mascarenhas de Lencastre
1627 - 1634                Jorge de Mendonça Pessanha
1634 - 1636                Bás Teles de Meneses
1637                       Fernão Teles de Meneses
1637 - 1640                Francisco de Almeida 
Governors
1640 - 1641                Francisco de Almeida (interim)
1641 - 1644                Juan Fernández Córdoba y Coalla,
                             marqués de Miranda de Auta
1645 - 1646                Luis de Lencastre, marqués de Malagón
1646 - 1653                Juan Suárez de Aragón y Melo,
                             marqués de Torcifal
1653 - 1661                José Fernández de Sotomayor y Lima,
                             marqués de Tenorio
1662 - 1665                Jerónimo de Noronha, 
                             marqués de Castelo Mendo
1665 - 1672                Pedro da Cunha, marqués de Sentar
1672 - 1677                Francisco Suárez de Alarcón,
                             conde de Torres Vedras
1677                       Antonio de Medina Chacón y 
                             Ponce de León (1st time)
1677 - 1678                Diego de Portugal
1678 - 1679                Antonio de Medina Chacón y 
                             Ponce de León (2nd time)
1679 - 1681                Juan Arias y Pacheco Dávilla y
                             Bobadilla Girón de Mendoza,
                             conde de Puñonrostro
1681 - 1689                Francisco de Velasco y Tovar
1689 - 1692                Francisco Bernardo Varona
1692 - 1695                Sebastián González de Andía y
                             Irarrazábal Álvarez de Toldeo
                             Enríquez de Guzman, 
                             marqués de Valparaíso
1695 - 1698                Melchor de Avellaneda Sandoval y
                             Rojas, marqués de Valdecañas
1698 - 1702                Francisco del Castillo Fajardo,
                             marqués de Villadarias
1702 - 1704                José de Agulló y Pinos,
                             marqués de Gironella
1705 - 1709                Juan Francisco Manrique de Araña 
                             (1st time)
1709 - 1715                Gonzalo Chacón y Arellano Mendoza
                             Toledo Sandoval y Rojas
1715 - 1719                Francisco Fernández y Rivadeo 
                             (1st time)
1719                       Francisco Pérez Macheño
1719 - 1720                Luis Rigio, príncipe de Campo Florido
1720                       Juan Francisco Manrique de Araña 
                             (2nd time)
1720 - 1725                Francisco Fernández y Rivadeo
                             (2nd time)
1725 - 1731                Emmanuel d'Orleans, comte de Charny
1731 - 1738                Álvaro de Navia Osorio y Vigil,
                             marqués de Santa Cruz de Marcenado
1738 - 1739                Antonio Manso Maldonaldo
1739 - 1745                Pedro de Vargas Maldonaldo,
                             marqués de Campofuerte
1745                       Juan Antonio Tineo y Fuertes
1745 - 1746                Juan José de Palafox y Centurión
1746 - 1751                José Horcasitas y Oleaga
1751                       Pedro de Loaysa, marqués de la Matilla
1751 - 1755                Carlos Francisco de Croix,
                             marqués de Croix
1755 - 1760                Miguel Agustín Carreño
1760 - 1763                Juan Warmarch Lumen de la Vice,
                             marqués de Warmarch
1763 - 1776                Diego María Osoio
1776 - 1783                Francisco Tineo, marqués de Casa
                             Tremañes
1783 - 1784                Domingo Joaquín de Salcedo
1784 - 1791                Miguel Porcel y Manrique de Araña
                             Menchaca y Zaldívar
1791 - 1792                José de Sotomayor
1792 - 1794                José de Urrutia y las Casas
1794 - 1795                Miguel Álvarez de Sotomayor y 
                             Flores, conde de Santa Clara
1795                       Diego de la Peña
1795 - 1798                José Vassallo
1798 - 1801                José Bautisto de Castro
1801 - 1805                Antonio Terrero
1805 - 1807                Francisco de Horta
1807 - 1808                Ramón de Carvajal
1808 - 1809                Carlos Luján
1809 - 1810                Carlos Grand (1st time)
1810 - 1813                Sir J.F. Fraser (British commander)
1810 - 1813                José María Alós
1813                       José María Lastres
1813                       Carlos Grand (2nd time)
1813                       Pedro Grimarest (1st time)
1813 - 1814                Fernando Gómez de Buitrón (1st time)
1814 - 1815                Pedro Grimarest (2nd time)
1815 - 1816                Luis Antonio Flores
1816 - 1818                Juan de Pontons y Mujica
1818 - 1820                José de Miranda (1st time)
1820 - 1822                Fernando Gómez de Buitrón (2nd time)
1822 - 1823                Álvaro María Chacón
1823                       Manuel Fernández
1823                       Antonio Quiroga
1823 - 1824                Juan María Muñoz (1st time)
1824 - 1826                José de Miranda (2nd time)
1826                       Joaquín Bureau
1826                       Julio O'Neil
1826 - 1830                Juan María Muñoz (2nd time)
1830 - 1833                Carlos Ullmann
1833 - 1835                Mateo Ramírez
1835                       Carlos Espinosa
1835 - 1836                Joaquín Gómez Ansa
1836 - 1837                Francisco Sanjuanena
1837                       Bernardo Tacón
1837 - 1844                José María Rodríguez y Vera
1844 - 1847                Antonio Ordóñez
Governors (also Governors-general of the Captaincy-General of North Africa)
1847 - 1851                Antonio Ros de Olano
1851 - 1854                Salvador de la Puente Pita
1854 - 1857                Mariano Rebigliato
1857 - 1858                Carlos Tobía
1858                       Manuel Gaset Mercader
1858 - 1864                Ramón Gómez Pulido (1st time)
1864 - 1865                Manuel Álvarez Maldonaldo
1865 - 1866                Ramón Gómez Pulido (2nd time)
1866                       Antonio Peláez Campomanes
1866 - 1868                José Oribe Sans
1868                       Antonio del Rey y Caballero
1868 - 1870                Joaquín Cristón y Gasatín
1870 - 1872                Enrique Serrano Dolz
1872 - 1873                Carlos Sáenz Delcourt
1873                       Manuel Keller y García
1873 - 1875                Flugencio Gávila y Solá
1875 - 1876                Pedro Santorius y Tapia
1876 - 1877                Fernando del Piño y Vaillamil
1877                       Juan García Torres
1877 - 1878                Victoriano López Pinto
1878 - 1879                José María Velasco Postigo
1879 - 1881                José Aizpuru y Lorriez Fontecha
1881 - 1883                José Merello y Calvo
1883                       José Pascual de Bonanza
1883 - 1889                Juan López Pinto y Marín Reyna
1889 - 1891                Narciso de Fuentes y Sánchez
1891 - 1894                Miguel Correa y García
1894 - 1901                Jacinto de León y Barreda
1901 - 1903                Manuel de Aguilar y Diosdado
1903 - 1907                Francisco Fernández Bernal
1907 - 1908                Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayor 
                             y Flórez
1908 - 1910                José García Aldave
1910 - 27 Nov 1912         Felipe Alfau y Mendoza             (b. 1845 - d. 1937)
Mayors
 7 Apr 1956 - 1979         ....
1979 - 1981                Clemente Calvo Pecino                                   Non-party
1981 - 1983                Ricardo Muñoz Rodríguez                                 UCD
1983 - 1985                Francisco Fraiz Armada (1st time)  (b. 1940)            PSOE
1985 - 1987                Aurelio Puya Rivas                                      PSPC
1987 - 1991                Fructuoso Miaja Sánchez                                 PSOE
1991 - 1994                Francisco Fraiz Armada (2nd time)  (s.a.)               PFC
1994 - 19 Jun 1995         Basilio Fernández López                                 PFC
Mayor-Presidents
19 Jun 1995 - 24 Jul 1996  Basilio Fernández López                                 PFC
24 Jul 1996 - 26 Aug 1999  Jesús Cayetano Fortes Ramos                             PP
26 Aug 1999 -  7 Feb 2001  Antonio Sampietro Casarramona      (b. 1953)            GIL
 7 Feb 2001 -              Juan Jesús Vivas Lara              (b. 1953)            PP

Territorial Dispute: Ceuta and Isla Perejil are claimed by Morocco.

26 Feb 1983                Autonomous Community of Extremadura.

Presidents of the Regional Junta
 9 Sep 1978 - 22 Dec 1980  Luis Jacinto Ramallo García       (b. 1938)            UCD
22 Dec 1980 - 20 Dec 1982  Manuel Bermejo Hernández          (b. 1936)            UCD
20 Dec 1982 -  5 Mar 1983  Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra      (b. 1948)            PSOE
President of the Junta
 5 Mar 1983 - 29 Jun 2007  Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra      (s.a.)               PSOE
                             (provisional to 8 Jun 1983)
29 Jun 2007 -              Guillermo Fernández Vara          (b. 1958)            PSOE

28 Apr 1981                Autonomous Community of Galicia

Presidents of the Xunta (Junta)
12 Jun 1978 -  9 Jun 1979  Antonio Rosón Pérez               (b. 1911 - d. 1986)  UCD
 9 Jun 1979 - 21 Jan 1982  José Quiroga Suárez               (b. 1920 - d. 2006)  UCD
21 Jan 1982 -  1 Nov 1987  Gerardo Fernández Albor           (b. 1917)            AP
 1 Nov 1987 -  5 Feb 1990  Fernando Ignacio González Laxe    (b. 1952)            PSdeG-PSOE
 5 Feb 1990 -  2 Aug 2005  Manuel Fraga Iribarne             (b. 1922)            PP
 2 Aug 2005 -              Emilio Pérez Touriño              (b. 1948)            PSdeG-PSOE

19 Jun 1982                Autonomous Community of La Rioja.

Presidents of the Council of Government
26 Aug 1982 - 17 Jan 1983  Luis Javier Rodríguez Moroy     &nb